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Judging on Mayweather and Mosley's styles, I've come up with this prediction:
I think Mosley will come out throwing lots of punches, thinking his speed will be able to prevent Mayweather from slipping away. But of course, Mayweather will slip away and counter. At the end of round 4 it will probably be 39-37 in favor of Floyd. By round 5, Mosley will realize that he cannot use his speed alone to catch Floyd, and will start clinching. This will slow Mayweather down a bit, and each fighter will win two more rounds.. By the end of round 8 I predict the scores to be 77-75. By the beginning of round 9, Floyd will have found a way to keep Mosley at a far enough distance to stop the clinching and pot shot his way through rounds (which will be how he stole at least two of the previous four rounds. For these next three rounds, Mosley will be trying to find ways to trap Floyd. Floyd will be more relaxed from here, stealing two rounds and allowing Mosley to take one, but most of his punches will hit air or Floyd's shoulders. At the end of the 11th round the scores will most likely be 107-102. The crowd will rise for round 12. ****m will alert Mosley that he is behind on the score cards, and he will be going all out in this round, trying to score his signature 12th round KO. Mayweather will be on the run for the entire round, clinching and slipping away with the ropes. Mosley will finally land a few good punches in the last 20 seconds, causing the crowd to go crazy but Floyd will never be truly hurt and will escape to a 116-112 unanimous decision.
Mosley's power is an interesting addition to the bout, but I don't believe it will be as big of a problem to Floyd as people think. Floyd has a solid chin, and he took some big shots from a 154lb Oscar De La Hoya very well throughout their fight. And they fought with Reyes gloves, which have less padding. Just look at what DLH did to Ricardo Mayorga in his previous bout.
I think Mosley will come out throwing lots of punches, thinking his speed will be able to prevent Mayweather from slipping away. But of course, Mayweather will slip away and counter. At the end of round 4 it will probably be 39-37 in favor of Floyd. By round 5, Mosley will realize that he cannot use his speed alone to catch Floyd, and will start clinching. This will slow Mayweather down a bit, and each fighter will win two more rounds.. By the end of round 8 I predict the scores to be 77-75. By the beginning of round 9, Floyd will have found a way to keep Mosley at a far enough distance to stop the clinching and pot shot his way through rounds (which will be how he stole at least two of the previous four rounds. For these next three rounds, Mosley will be trying to find ways to trap Floyd. Floyd will be more relaxed from here, stealing two rounds and allowing Mosley to take one, but most of his punches will hit air or Floyd's shoulders. At the end of the 11th round the scores will most likely be 107-102. The crowd will rise for round 12. ****m will alert Mosley that he is behind on the score cards, and he will be going all out in this round, trying to score his signature 12th round KO. Mayweather will be on the run for the entire round, clinching and slipping away with the ropes. Mosley will finally land a few good punches in the last 20 seconds, causing the crowd to go crazy but Floyd will never be truly hurt and will escape to a 116-112 unanimous decision.
Mosley's power is an interesting addition to the bout, but I don't believe it will be as big of a problem to Floyd as people think. Floyd has a solid chin, and he took some big shots from a 154lb Oscar De La Hoya very well throughout their fight. And they fought with Reyes gloves, which have less padding. Just look at what DLH did to Ricardo Mayorga in his previous bout.
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